Holder: Lewis, Mrs Joan
Address: , c/- NCCPG, Essex,
Telephone:
Description: 16th C farmhouse, partially moated. Country garden & arboretum in 2½ acres incl 200 roses in addition to NC.
Opening Times: By appt
Entry: £2; £1 NCCPG members.
Directions: 6 miles N Braintree.
Facilities: Dogs permitted. Parking available. Toilets available. Plants for sale. Disabled access. Talks provided.
Status: Full

National Plant Collection^® of Rosa bourboniana  

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The Collection of Bourbon Roses  is cared  for by Joan Lewis wife of the late Victor Lewis.
Who sadly died  in 2006, she tends the garden with the same love and passion as did her  husband  Vic inspired by the wealth of  knowledge he left behind .
The collection is held at the garden at Elms Farm and  covers over   two and a half  acres  with many  beautiful and unusual specimen trees, with many rose beds containing  over 150 varieties of  Bourbon roses.
Many were  planted  years ago and some quite recently , some of which are hard to source here in the UK.
There is a walled garden , a large natural pond  which is alive with  ducks and moorhens and  has an interesting collection  of poultry.   

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